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Megan Petersdorf @meganpetersdorf.bsky.social · 2d

Can we give word limits not character limits because I am not able to visualize these limits

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Science Vs @sciencevs.bsky.social · 7d

This moment from our latest episode with science writer @edyong209.bsky.social is 🔥

We asked Ed — how do we talk up the benefits of science in the face of government cuts? He told us that's the wrong approach. 🧪

Listen wherever, or watch on Spotify 👇

open.spotify.com/episode/7Evh...

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Megan Petersdorf @meganpetersdorf.bsky.social · 7d

Source: www.instagram.com/p/DPRt9xpkQL...

Megan Petersdorf @meganpetersdorf.bsky.social · 7d

“I hope people take away the fact that it is possible to have a different sort of life” - Jane Goodall

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Erin 🦇🎃EEK🎃🦇 Kane @dianamonkey.bsky.social · 7d

In 2016, Jane Goodall spoke at the International Primatological Society meetings. She closed her talk asking everyone to thank the primates we studied not with applause, but with their calls. And so a room full of Very Eminent Primatologists made delighted monkey noises to Jane Goodall. ⚱️🐒🧪🌍

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Megan Petersdorf @meganpetersdorf.bsky.social · 7d

Came to bluesky to see your posts! In my primate behavior class, we have a day dedicated to discussing this nuance - framed around the JANE documentary and your blog post. It’s often discussed as one of the students fav parts of the class. Wanted to share!

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Animal Behavior Society @animbehsociety.bsky.social · 14d

Do you love research & writing & all things animal behavior? Well our journal, Animal Behavior, recruiting up to 5 (count em!) new Associate Editors!

Editors serve three-year terms beginning January 2026. If you're interested, email Exec Editor Scott Sakaluk ([email protected]) by Oct 31!

ron burgundy from parks and recreation says " you 'd be a fool not to pick me "

ALT: ron burgundy from parks and recreation says " you 'd be a fool not to pick me "

media.tenor.com

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Darren Croft @darrencroft.bsky.social · 15d

We are hiring - PDRA position exploring how information access shapes social dynamics in killer whales. Collaboration with @samellisq.bsky.social @drwhale.bsky.social Prof Dan Franks (York) start 1st Nov (or ASAP) end 31st Oct 2028. Apps close on 19th Oct.

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOT336/p...

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Megan Petersdorf @meganpetersdorf.bsky.social · 14d

So excited to see my first capuchin paper finally out in the world 🥳 grateful to all the wonderful co-authors!

🧪 #primates

Megan Petersdorf @meganpetersdorf.bsky.social · 14d

🚨 New paper! 🚨

🐒 White-faced capuchins experience high rates of infanticide.

🐒 Infanticide is costly to female reproduction.

🐒 Do females exhibit the Bruce effect (termination of pregnancy) to reduce these costs?

🐒 Spoiler: Nope!

Read more ▶️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Female capuchins sits on a branch, looking away from the camera. A young capuchin holds onto her back, looking at the camera. Photo: Nick Chapoy

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Megan Petersdorf @meganpetersdorf.bsky.social · 14d

🚨 New paper! 🚨

🐒 White-faced capuchins experience high rates of infanticide.

🐒 Infanticide is costly to female reproduction.

🐒 Do females exhibit the Bruce effect (termination of pregnancy) to reduce these costs?

🐒 Spoiler: Nope!

Read more ▶️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Complexly @complexly.bsky.social · 15d

Complexly is looking to hire a Director of Development!

If you're interested, please review our job posting at Complexly.com/job and apply before Friday, October 17!

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Megan Petersdorf @meganpetersdorf.bsky.social · 27d

Having a cute little 😊 moment with myself as I develop a new project. When I started grad school, the tools weren’t available to ask certain questions I was interested in. And now they are! And we’re asking them! Yay science.

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Brooke Fitzwater, PhD (she/her) 🐟🪱🏳️‍🌈♾️ @oceanfilly.bsky.social · Jul 24

With many postdoc grants like the NSF PRFB, Ford Fellowship, and Hanna H. Gray fellowships disappearing, I am currently looking for grants that could fund incoming postdoctoral scholars. Here is a thread of some of them 🧵

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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · Aug 28

what a fucking stupid time to be a person who cares about other people

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · Aug 28

Aug 29 marks 20 years since Hurricane Katrina.

@siric.bsky.social profiles 4 young climate advocates whose lives it changed—2 of whom fled New Orleans during Katrina as kids @teenvogue.com:

"For them, combatting climate change, environmental racism, and structural inequality has become a calling."

How the Horrors of Hurricane Katrina Radicalized Young People Into Climate Activists

“I always wonder what my life would have been like if Hurricane Katrina didn't happen," said one survivor and climate advocate.

www.teenvogue.com

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Megan Petersdorf @meganpetersdorf.bsky.social · Aug 29

- you haven’t pooped in 10 days
- every pharmacy is out of laxatives
- the atm eats your only card

But anyway you HAVE to laugh because you’re in the most beautiful places having a wonderful time with amazing people and animals and it’s all worth it :)

(end!)

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Megan Petersdorf @meganpetersdorf.bsky.social · Aug 29

- you’re constantly dehydrated
- you might have hypothermia??
- you have a mental breakdown on a rainy hike
- you have another mental breakdown on the same rainy hike
- you have unknown labial lesions
- all your flights are cancelled

(5/x)

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Megan Petersdorf @meganpetersdorf.bsky.social · Aug 29

- you spend extra money for a holiday that you sleep through because of the malaria
- you have to borrow a bucket from a hostel laundry room for a potential puke scenario
- you have cuts and bruises all over your body from that damn twisted ankle

(4/x)

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Megan Petersdorf @meganpetersdorf.bsky.social · Aug 29

- you get bed bugs
- you get bed bugs maybe again
- you discover your tire is completely flat and wonder when that happened
- elephants appear at the back screen of your tent
- a poachers dog sniffs you through said tent
(3/x)

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Megan Petersdorf @meganpetersdorf.bsky.social · Aug 29

- you can’t stop pooping
- you have a parasite
- your rental car battery stops working when you’re in a random town
- you cancel a safari and lose money because turns out it’s a scam
- you twist your (already sprained) ankle at least 3x
- you cancel your redo safari because you have malaria
(2/x)

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Megan Petersdorf @meganpetersdorf.bsky.social · Aug 29

When I say you need a sense of humor in #fieldwork, I don’t mean you can do impressions or be the group clown.

What I mean is you can laugh at yourself when the following things happen (all of which have happened to me + my travel buds in the last 5 weeks): (1/x) 🐒 🧪 🪨 🏺